Status Syndrome - Status Syndrome Heath follows a social...

Status Syndrome:Heath follows a social gradient: the status syndrome. People of higher class, with larger houses, and more money tend to live longer statistically than those with less. In North America and Australia the differences are as big as, if not bigger than, they are in Britain. Psychological inequality has profound effects on body systems. Thus, a prominent hypothesisis that the elevated mortality risk associatedwith low levels of income and educationis primarilydueto the higher prevalenceof health risk behaviors amongpeoplewhoare poor and/or have low educationalattainmentHowever, previousefforts to explain socioeconomicdifferences in mortality in a variety of subpopulationshave found that strong differencesremain after controlling for majorlifestyle risk factorsThe resultsshow that the effect of income on mortalitywas strong and significant whencontrolling for educational attainmentand background demographic variables.

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